Renaissance Drama — Topics · seed 42

The Masque of Blackness (The Twelfth Night's Revels)

Jonson, Ben, published 1608 · masque · Occasional;Nonprofessional · other editions of this work: 632 (1616)

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Metadata

TitleThe Masque of Blackness (The Twelfth Night's Revels)
AuthorJonson, Ben
Publication year (edition)1608
Genre (British Drama)masque
Genre group (comparison)masque — from the British Drama label · Annals: masque
Play typeOccasional;Nonprofessional
Work / edition / TCP / DEEPwork 269 · edition 631 · TCP A04643 · DEEP 5068.01
Edition roleRepresentative edition — used in the analysis
First performance / composition (Annals)1605 [Jan 6]
First performance (BritDrama)1605 [Jan 6]
Theaterbefore the Court;Whitehall;
FormatQuarto
Greg269a
Genre (Annals)Masque
Genre (BritDrama)Masque
BritDrama no.1453
Title page[HT; A3r] THE QVENNES MASQVES. The first, of Blacknesse:
Title-page performance notepersonated at the Court, at White-Hall, on the Twelu'th night. 1605.
Corpus buildcorpus-v3-2026-09-08 · nodes 212 · witness single

Topic composition (share of words)

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10–67493unassignedSOund, sound aloud The welcome of the orient Flood, Into the West; Fair, NIGER, k son to great OCEANUS, Now ho…
268–135497T12 Olympian gods: Jupiter, Juno, Venus and 0.74Possessed them whole; yea, and believing p them, They wept such ceaseless tears, into my stream, That it hath,…
3136–211502unassignedFor were the World, with all his wealth, a Ring, Britannia (whose new name makes all tongues sing) Might be a …